Surviving Minnesota!

My prayers have been answered. It was +25 at 0500 this morning. I do admit with the increased relative humidity it does not feel that much better than -25 ?

I thought it was just me that said, "Oh crap...open the windows get the exhaust fans running, this air is stale."

It also did a number on my incubator....I was so proud during the cold period I was holding steady at 35%, this morning went out to check on things and it had spiked to 45% same set up.

Yesterday I was complaining to Ralphie that my temps were swinging a bit low in the incubator, and that I thought about adjusting the digital thermostat. He said, "Be careful only 1/2 degree at a time." So I go out to investigate, low and behold someone moved the thermostat probe to right next to the heating element. So I taped the probe to the side wall thinking....This will teach you all! I went out to check this morning and wouldn't you know it 3 thermometers are reading 101. So I pressed the buttons to read the history. 2 of the 3 had a history of 108 and one had a history of 101. I am keeping my fingers crossed that the history has never been cleared and that I didn't wreck 3 weeks of embryos! Eeek.......

Layers......my hens have not gotten the message either I have 9 breeding hens and I only set 16-20 eggs per week. Not good odds!
 
I thought it was just me that said, "Oh crap...open the windows get the exhaust fans running, this air is stale."

It also did a number on my incubator....I was so proud during the cold period I was holding steady at 35%, this morning went out to check on things and it had spiked to 45% same set up.

Yesterday I was complaining to Ralphie that my temps were swinging a bit low in the incubator, and that I thought about adjusting the digital thermostat. He said, "Be careful only 1/2 degree at a time." So I go out to investigate, low and behold someone moved the thermostat probe to right next to the heating element. So I taped the probe to the side wall thinking....This will teach you all! I went out to check this morning and wouldn't you know it 3 thermometers are reading 101. So I pressed the buttons to read the history. 2 of the 3 had a history of 108 and one had a history of 101. I am keeping my fingers crossed that the history has never been cleared and that I didn't wreck 3 weeks of embryos! Eeek.......


Layers......my hens have not gotten the message either I have 9 breeding hens and I only set 16-20 eggs per week. Not good odds!

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I almost did the coffee spit this morning-----Compliments of Morgan...

These keyboards cost money. I cannot have them continually being ruined by coffee!




64 degrees here in the Banana belt this morning! If I can do that here Imagine what I could do for the whole State!!

MY Bronze Tom had an accident this morning. He gave me the stink eye plus and did not realize he was between me and a corner in the fence....

What happened at that point would not be PETA approved, Hopefully-----His behavior will be.
 
It looks like our warmth will be short lived...

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